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Recreant - English meaning

Recreant – definitions in English dictionary

adjective

Cowardly.

Usage examples:

What a recreant figure must he make
adjective

Unfaithful to a belief; apostate.

Usage examples:

Had she gone abroad to seek him and win his recreant heart again?
noun

A coward.

Usage examples:

The recreant acted with outward boldness
noun

A person who is unfaithful to a belief; an apostate.

Usage examples:

Wordsworth compares himself to a truant, a false steward, a recreant, when he does not write poetry…

Recreant translation into English

Recreant: translate from English into Chinese

Translate recreant into Chinese (Simplified)}
胆小鬼, 胆怯者, 怯懦的

Recreant: translate from English into Dutch

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Recreant, Lafhartig

Recreant: translate from English into French

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Lâche, Traître

Recreant: translate from English into German

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Neuartig

Recreant: translate from English into Hindi

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देश-द्रोही, द्रोही, कायर, ग़द्दार, वतन से ग़द्दार, डरपोक, कापुस्र्ष, धर्मभ्रष्ट, बदलने के योग्य, मुल्क-फरोश, भीरु, नपुंसक, क्लीव

Recreant: translate from English into Italian

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Ricorrente, Codardo

Recreant: translate from English into Korean

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변절한, 겁쟁이, 겁이 많은

Recreant: translate from English into Russian

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Отступник, Изменник, Трусливый, Трус, Предатель, Малодушный, Предательский, Отступнический

Recreant: translate from English into Spanish

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Cobarde

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘surrendering’, present participle of recroire, from medieval Latin (se) recredere ‘surrender (oneself)’, from re- (expressing reversal) + credere ‘

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Recreant – similar words

recreants

noun

A coward.

Usage examples:

The recreant acted with outward boldness
adjective

Cowardly.

Usage examples:

What a recreant figure must he make
adjective

Unfaithful to a belief; apostate.

Usage examples:

Had she gone abroad to seek him and win his recreant heart again?
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